Hilton Head 2012

Well as always i took a lot of vacation pictures. It always takes me about three posts after a big trip to post the pictures that i want on the blog for the kids to have in their "scrapbook" so bear with me.

We left on a Thursday night at around 8pm. Our destination, Hilton Head, SC 1,100 miles down the road.

Check in at Marriott Barony Beach Club was at 4 pm on Friday. We had plenty of time...

 We were armed with plenty of electronics, an extension cord for all the chargers so that i didn't have to hear "mom this needs charged every 5 minutes!

The kids crashed around 11 pm and slept the rest of the night. They were excited about waking up a long ways down the road. I slept on and off except for the hr and 45 minutes that i managed to take the wheel before i could no longer keep my eyes open. I will have to agree with John when he says i pretty much suck at driving long trips anymore...i used to be able to drive for hours on end. John listened to pandora comedy all night so i would wake up occasionally hearing him cackle

 We arrived a little before check in time but they had our room all ready for us. Perfect accommodations for our family, full kitchen, washer dryer, jetted tubs in each bedroom, nice big balcony...

 The kids quickly claimed their spaces

 The first night after dinner and getting groceries for the week we explored the resort grounds for awhile

The beach was a short walk from our room 

This is where the kids enjoyed most of their lunches 

 The resort had 4 swimming pools. This is the one that was right below our balcony.

 This was the ocean front pool...

 There were swings everywhere.

 It took a little while for the boys to get out of this one...

 We visited the island lighthouse

 and climbed to the top

 and then enjoyed some ice cream...

 enjoyed to the fullest...

To be continued...